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HSK
image / form / figure / CL: 個|个 / visualization / vivid
HSK 3
phenomenon / CL: 個|个, 種|种 / appearance
HSK 3
target; object / partner; boyfriend; girlfriend / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
impression (sth that stays in one's mind) / a memory
HSK 3
elephant / CL: 頭|头
HSK 5
to imagine; to envision / imagination
HSK 4
scene / sight (to behold)
HSK 5
meteorological condition; weather / meteorology / atmosphere; ambience; scene
HSK 5
abstract / abstraction / CL: 種|种
HSK 7-9
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
sign; indication; mark; indicator
HSK 7-9
strange phenomenon
emblem / symbol / token / badge / to symbolize / to signify / to stand for
HSK 5
stereotype
image / imagery
false appearance / facade
aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology)
El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
Chinese chess / CL:
imagination
points gained by making a good impression / kudos / brownie points
illusion
meteorology
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
phenomenal
chess / CL:
China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)
impressionism
unreasonable / shocking; outrageous
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elephant / CL: 隻|只 / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
ivory / elephant tusk
to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
weather bureau / meteorological office
pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
Chinese chess tournament
celluloid
impressionism
wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics
meteorological office / weather forecasting office
walrus
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
abstract word
natural phenomenon
abstract thought / logical thinking
Vientiane, capital of Laos
every manifestation of nature
all-embracing / all-inclusive
partner for dating / a date (boyfriend or girlfriend)
planetarium projector
a meteorologist
meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)
abstract algebra
chaos / madness
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿 of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙, White Tiger 白虎, Vermilion Bird 朱雀, Black Tortoise 玄武
drought
symptom
ivory tower
phenomenology
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw)
atavism (biology)
(slang) elephant
to be just like
symptom (of a disease)
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
to meet a possible marriage partner
first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
symbolism
dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
quadrant (in coordinate geometry)
pictogram / hieroglyph
sign / symptom
to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate
weather station
multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
woolly mammoth
weather satellite
object oriented language
tangible image / concrete / representational (art)
Xiangshan county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang
to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
phenomenological
to have a recollection (of sb or sth) / to remember
weather station
to form an image / to call to mind
stinkbug
mammoth
hemogram / picture of blood used in medical research
weevil / snout beetle
person who represents an organization and enhances its image; an ambassador
abstract field (math.)
star chart / also written 星相圖|星相图
hidden inner properties and their external manifestations (TCM)
Xiangshan, a district of Guilin City 桂林市, Guangxi
elephant grass; napier grass
onomatopoeia
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
unlucky star (evil portent in astrology)

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